Mayne tossed a scoreless top of the 12th inning to become the first position player since Rocky Colavito to notch a victory. Colavito acccomplished the feat in the first game of a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers while with the New York Yankees on August 25, 1968.
The first non-pitcher in Rockies history to face a batter, Mayne allowed a hit and walk but got reigning National League Most Valuable Player Chipper Jones on a squib to third base with two outs and the go-ahead run in scoring position. He was the 10th pitcher used by Colorado, tying the NL mark for an extra-inning game.
"(Manager Buddy Bell) asked me if I could go. So I kind of volunteeered," Mayne said. "I said, `Yeah, I can run it up there.' I wasn't that nervous until (Rafael) Furcal hit that ball back at me. Then I was like, `I may get killed here.' Then I started feeling it a little bit."
"(Mayne) got somebody out, that's why he won," said Atlanta's Andruw Jones, who walked against Mayne. "He just had a pitch that he probably didn't mean to throw to Chipper, but he got him out. I ain't gonna let no position player strike me out. I just went up there relaxed and he walked me. It was just one of those games where things go the opposite way."
Rocker (1-1) took over in the bottom of the 12th and allowed a leadoff single to Neifi Perez. Todd Helton, who was 1-for-4 with two intentional walks as his average dropped to .398, singled to right to extend his hitting streak to 14 games. With runners at the corners and the outfield in, Jeffrey Hammonds lined out to shallow center field.
Stan Belinda came on and struck out Terry Shumpert looking. Jeff Cirillo was intentionally walked to load the bases and bring up Melhuse, who was recalled from Class AAA Colorado Springs on Monday when two-time batting champion Larry Walker went on the disabled list. Hitless in his first six at-bats, Melhuse looped a soft line drive over the head of Walt Weiss and into short left field for the game-winner.
"Getting your first hit, I mean there's probably so much elation that goes with that," Melhuse said. "But then to get a bases-loaded, two-out hit in extra innings against the Braves, the Braves of all teams. I hope I'll be able to sleep tonight."
Much of the positional juggling on both sides was a result of a benches-clearing melee in the top of the 11th. Colorado pitcher John Wasdin hit Andres Galarraga with a 3-2 pitch and the Braves first baseman charged the mound, resulting in the ejections of Wasdin, Galarraga and Bell.
"I'm not trying to hit a guy, especially in a 6-6 game," Wasdin said. "I'm just trying to be aggressive. There's no reason to put a winning run on first base. No, it wasn't intentional."
"I got mad because he hit me," Galarraga said. "I can't be happy about that. When he started talking (stuff), that's when I had to jump in on him. I don't know why he started talking after he hit me. So that's why I jumped him right away. To get him back. Anytime that happens, I have to fight, no question."
Rocker, who lost for ths first time since September 5, refused to talk with reporters after the game, demanding to be left alone. Despite the loss the Braves remained 2 1/2 games ahead of the New York Mets in the NL East Divison.
The Braves got two runs in the first inning on a triple by Todd Walker and 6-1 after four. But Atlanta chipped away, beginning in the fifth as Andruw Jones homered, B.J. Surhoff had an RBI double and Galarraga a run-scoring single.
Chipper Jones' 29th homer in the seventh got the Braves within 6-5 and Javy Lopez tied the game later in the inning with an infield hit that plated Surhoff.
The Rockies had a chance to win the game in the bottom of the ninth against Kerry Ligtenberg. With runners on first and third and two outs, Cox elected to intentionally walk Helton and the move paid off when Jeffrey Hammonds fouled out.
Atlanta wasted an opportunity in the 10th as Bobby Chouinard worked his way out of a jam.
Before Mayne, the last position player to get a decision as pitcher was Los Angeles third baseman Jeff Hamilton, who took the loss as the Dodgers were defeated in a 22-inning game at Houston on June 3, 1989.
The last National League position player to get a win had been Pirates second baseman Johnny O'Brien, who allowed three hits in 2 1/3 scoreless innings against the Phillies on July 3, 1956.
ATLANTA (6) VS COLORADO (7) - 12 INNINGS
ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Furcal ss-2b 6 0 1 0 1 0 4 .290
A Jones cf 6 2 2 1 1 1 3 .307
C Jones 3b 7 2 3 1 0 0 3 .311
Surhoff lf 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 .269
Galarraga 1b 4 0 2 1 1 0 2 .307
Ashby pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .146
Bako 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228
B Jordan rf 5 0 0 0 1 1 5 .271
J Lopez c 6 0 2 1 0 0 3 .290
Lockhart 2b 5 0 3 0 0 1 2 .266
R Sanders pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186
Kamieniecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-Glavine ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .151
Rocker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Belinda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Burkett p 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .103
Mulholland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
a-Joyner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
Remlinger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Bonilla ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .269
Weiss pr-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
Totals 47 6 14 6 7 4 25
a-lined to shortstop for Mulholland in the 8th; b-walked for
Ligtenberg in the 10th; c-grounded to pitcher for Kamieniecki in
the 12th.
BATTING: 2B - Surhoff (5, Yoshii). HR - A Jones (28, 5th inning
off Yoshii 0 on, 1 out); C Jones (29, 7th inning off Dejean 0 on,
1 out). S - Surhoff. SF - Surhoff. RBI - Surhoff 2 (6), A Jones (78),
Galarraga (84), C Jones (89), J Lopez (69). 2-out RBI - J Lopez.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Galarraga 1, Furcal 1,
Lockhart 1, A Jones 1, J Lopez 1, C Jones 1. GIDP - B Jordan.
Team LOB - 15.
BASERUNNING: SB - Furcal (27, 2nd base off Yoshii/Petrick);
A Jones (14, 2nd base off Yoshii/Petrick); Surhoff (1, 2nd base
off Dejean/Petrick).
FIELDING: DP: 3 (Lockhart-Furcal-Galarraga, J Lopez-Weiss-Galarraga,
Weiss-Furcal-Bako).
COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Pierre cf 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 .367
N Perez ss 6 1 4 2 0 0 2 .296
Helton 1b 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 .397
Hammonds rf 5 1 0 0 1 2 7 .357
T Walker 2b 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 .315
a-Shumpert ph-2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .263
Cirillo 3b 5 1 1 0 1 2 2 .319
T Hollandsworth lf 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 .235
J Wasdin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Bohanon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188
Mayne p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
c-Melhuse ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .143
Petrick c 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 .342
Yoshii p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .178
Dejean p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jimenez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
G White p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
b-Frye ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .217
House p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Chouinard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
M Myers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Huskey lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .255
Totals 44 7 16 7 5 7 20
a-flied to center for T Walker in the 8th; b-singled for G White
in the 9th; c-singled for Mayne in the 12th.
BATTING: 2B - Cirillo (42, Burkett); N Perez (27, Burkett). 3B -
T Walker (2, Burkett). S - Yoshii 2. SF - Pierre. RBI - T Walker 2 (17),
Pierre (7), Petrick (8), N Perez 2 (58), Melhuse (1). 2-out RBI -
T Walker 2, N Perez 2, Melhuse. Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - Cirillo 1, N Perez 1, Hammonds 3. GIDP - Helton, Cirillo,
Huskey. Team LOB - 10.
BASERUNNING: SB - Pierre (5, 2nd base off Burkett/J Lopez).
CS - Pierre (2, 2nd base by Mulholland/J Lopez).
FIELDING: E - Petrick (1, throw). DP: 1 (N Perez-Shumpert-Helton).
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Atlanta - 001 030 200 000 -- 6
Colorado - 210 300 000 001 -- 7
Two out when winning run scored.
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ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
Burkett 5 2/3 9 6 6 2 3 0 5.04
Mulholland 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.41
Remlinger 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.88
Ligtenberg 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 3.15
Kamieniecki 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.30
Rocker (L, 1-1) 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.86
Belinda 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 7.95
COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
Yoshii 5 8 4 4 2 1 1 5.99
Dejean (H, 6) 1 1/3 2 2 2 1 2 1 4.02
Jimenez (BS, 6) 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.22
G White 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.10
House 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6.75
Chouinard 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.74
M Myers 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.78
J Wasdin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.94
Bohanon 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.63
Mayne (W, 1-0) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
WP - Mayne. IBB - Helton 2 (by Burkett, by Ligtenberg);
Galarraga (by G White); Cirillo (by Belinda). HBP - Galarraga
(by J Wasdin). Pitches-strikes: Yoshii 79-47; Dejean 27-16;
Jimenez 22-13; G White 9-4; House 12-5; Chouinard 3-2; M Myers
9-6; J Wasdin 7-3; Bohanon 10-4; Mayne 16-9; Burkett 98-62;
Mulholland 11-8; Remlinger 13-9; Ligtenberg 28-16; Kamieniecki
17-10; Rocker 9-7; Belinda 8-4. Ground balls-fly balls: Yoshii
9-5; Dejean 2-0; Jimenez 3-2; G White 3-0; House 0-1; Chouinard
2-0; M Myers 1-0; J Wasdin 0-0; Bohanon 0-1; Mayne 2-1; Burkett
8-6; Mulholland 2-0; Remlinger 1-1; Ligtenberg 2-1; Kamieniecki
5-0; Rocker 0-1; Belinda 0-0. Batters faced: Yoshii 25; Dejean
7; Jimenez 6; G White 4; House 3; Chouinard 2; M Myers 2;
J Wasdin 1; Bohanon 2; Mayne 5; Burkett 28; Mulholland 3;
Remlinger 3; Ligtenberg 6; Kamieniecki 6; Rocker 3; Belinda 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Ed Montague. 1B--Jerry Layne. 2B--Ted Barrett.
3B--Tony Randazzo. EJECTIONS: ATLANTA's Galarraga by Montague (11th);
COLORADO Manager Bell by Montague (11th), COLORADO's J Wasdin by
Montague (11th).
T--4:26. Att--41,707. Weather: 78 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 12 mph,
left to right.
Game Log
Atlanta Starting Lineups -- Rafael Furcal SS, Andruw Jones CF,
Chipper Jones 3B, Bj Surhoff LF, Andres Galarraga 1B, Brian Jordan RF,
Javier Lopez C, Keith Lockhart 2B, John Burkett RHP.
Colorado Starting Lineups -- Juan Pierre CF, Neifi Perez SS,
Todd Helton 1B, Jeffrey Hammonds RF, Todd Walker 2B, Jeff Cirillo 3B,
Todd Hollandsworth LF, Ben Petrick C, Masato Yoshii RHP.
Umpires -- Montague (HP), Layne (1B), T Barrett (2B), Randazzo (3B).
Gametime Weather: 78 degrees, Cloudy, wind left to right at 12 mph.
ATLANTA 1ST: Furcal walked. A Jones flied out to deep left
center. Furcal stole second. Furcal to third on catcher Petrick's
throwing error. C Jones grounded out to pitcher. Surhoff walked.
Galarraga grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Surhoff out
at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) ATLANTA 0, COLORADO 0.
COLORADO 1ST: Pierre singled to center. N Perez flied out to
shallow right center. Helton flied out to deep left center.
Pierre stole second. Hammonds walked. T Walker tripled to deep
right center, Pierre and Hammonds scored. Cirillo struck out
looking. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, COLORADO 2.
ATLANTA 2ND: B Jordan struck out swinging. J Lopez singled to
center. Lockhart singled to right, J Lopez to second. Burkett
popped out to pitcher. Furcal grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, Lockhart out at second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 0, COLORADO 2.
COLORADO 2ND: T Hollandsworth reached on infield single. Petrick
singled to right, T Hollandsworth to third. Yoshii sacrificed
Petrick to second. Pierre hit sacrifice fly to right,
T Hollandsworth scored, Petrick to third. N Perez flied out
to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, COLORADO 3.
ATLANTA 3RD: A Jones singled to center. A Jones stole second.
C Jones grounded out to second, A Jones to third. Surhoff hit
sacrifice fly to deep left center, A Jones scored. Galarraga
grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 1,
COLORADO 3.
COLORADO 3RD: Helton grounded out to shortstop. Hammonds grounded
out to pitcher. T Walker lined out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) ATLANTA 1, COLORADO 3.
ATLANTA 4TH: B Jordan grounded out to third. J Lopez grounded
out to shortstop. Lockhart singled to right center. Burkett
grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 1,
COLORADO 3.
COLORADO 4TH: Cirillo doubled to left. T Hollandsworth reached
on infield single, Cirillo to third. Petrick reached on infield
single, Cirillo scored, T Hollandsworth to second. Yoshii sacrificed
T Hollandsworth to third, Petrick to second. Pierre struck out
looking. N Perez doubled to deep right center, T Hollandsworth
and Petrick scored. Helton intentionally walked. Hammonds struck
out looking. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 1, COLORADO 6.
ATLANTA 5TH: Furcal flied out to center. A Jones homered to right
center. C Jones singled to left center. Surhoff doubled to deep
right center, C Jones scored. Galarraga singled to center, Surhoff
scored. B Jordan popped out to third. J Lopez grounded out to
pitcher. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 4, COLORADO 6.
COLORADO 5TH: T Walker grounded out to second. Cirillo grounded
out to shortstop. T Hollandsworth flied out to center. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 4, COLORADO 6.
ATLANTA 6TH: Mike Dejean relieved Masato Yoshii. Lockhart struck
out swinging. Burkett grounded out to second. Furcal grounded
out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 4, COLORADO 6.
COLORADO 6TH: Petrick grounded out to second. Dejean grounded
out to shortstop. Pierre singled to center. Terry Mulholland
relieved John Burkett. Pierre caught stealing, catcher to second.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 4, COLORADO 6.
ATLANTA 7TH: A Jones struck out swinging. C Jones homered to center.
Surhoff walked. Surhoff stole second. Galarraga singled to left,
Surhoff to third. Jose Jimenez relieved Mike Dejean. B Jordan
lined out to pitcher. J Lopez reached on infield single, Surhoff
scored, Galarraga to second. Lockhart grounded into fielder's choice
to second, J Lopez out at second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 6, COLORADO 6.
COLORADO 7TH: N Perez singled to left. Helton grounded into
double play, second to shortstop to first, N Perez out at second.
Hammonds struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 6,
COLORADO 6.
ATLANTA 8TH: Joyner hit for Mulholland. Joyner lined out to
shortstop. Furcal grounded out to second. A Jones grounded out
to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 6, COLORADO 6.
COLORADO 8TH: Mike Remlinger relieved Terry Mulholland. Shumpert
hit for T Walker. Shumpert flied out to center. Cirillo struck
out looking. T Hollandsworth grounded out to catcher. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 6, COLORADO 6.
ATLANTA 9TH: Gabe White relieved Jose Jimenez. Shumpert at second.
C Jones singled to left. Surhoff sacrificed C Jones to second.
Galarraga intentionally walked. B Jordan grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, Galarraga out at second. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 6, COLORADO 6.
COLORADO 9TH: Kerry Ligtenberg relieved Mike Remlinger. Petrick
grounded out to shortstop. Frye hit for G White. Frye singled
to left. Pierre grounded into fielder's choice to second, Frye
out at second. N Perez singled to right, Pierre to third.
Helton intentionally walked, N Perez to second. Hammonds fouled
out to right. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 6, COLORADO 6.
ATLANTA 10TH: Craig House relieved Gabe White. J Lopez fouled
out to right. Lockhart singled to center. Bonilla hit for Ligtenberg.
R Sanders ran for Lockhart. Bonilla walked, R Sanders to second.
Weiss ran for Bonilla. Bobby Chouinard relieved Craig House.
Furcal grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Sanders
to third, Weiss out at second. A Jones grounded out to third.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 6, COLORADO 6.
COLORADO 10TH: Furcal at second. Weiss at short. Scott Kamieniecki
relieved Kerry Ligtenberg. Shumpert walked. Cirillo grounded into
double play, catcher to shortstop to first, Shumpert out at second.
T Hollandsworth struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 6, COLORADO 6.
ATLANTA 11TH: Mike Myers relieved Bobby Chouinard. C Jones
grounded out to second. Surhoff struck out swinging. John
Wasdin relieved Mike Myers. Huskey in left. Galarraga hit by
pitch. A bench-clearing brawl ensued. Colorado's Manager Bell ejected by
Montague. Colorado's J Wasdin ejected by Montague.
Brian Bohanon relieved John Wasdin.
Atlanta's Galarraga ejected by Montague. Ashby ran for Galarraga.
B Jordan walked, Ashby to second. J Lopez flied out to left.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 6, COLORADO 6.
COLORADO 11TH: Bako at first. Petrick singled to center. Huskey
grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Petrick
out at second. Pierre grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ATLANTA 6, COLORADO 6.
ATLANTA 12TH: Brent Mayne relieved Brian Bohanon. Pitcher Tom Glavine hit
for Kamieniecki. Glavine grounded out to pitcher. Weiss flied
out to center. Furcal singled to center. Furcal to second on
Mayne wild pitch. A Jones walked. C Jones grounded out to third.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 6, COLORADO 6.
COLORADO 12TH: John Rocker relieved Scott Kamieniecki. N Perez
singled to center. Helton singled to right, N Perez to third.
Hammonds lined out to center. Stan Belinda relieved John Rocker.
Shumpert struck out looking. Cirillo intentionally walked, Helton
to second. Melhuse hit for Mayne. Melhuse singled to left (first major league hit),
N Perez scored. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
FINAL SCORE: COLORADO 7, ATLANTA 6.